Diego Dedura-Palomero

Diego Dedura-Palomero

Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 17) Berlin, Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$62,421
Singles
Career record	1–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 376 (21 April 2025)
Current ranking	No. 376 (21 April 2025) [1]
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1817 (31 July 2023)
Last updated on: 21 April 2025.

Diego Dedura-Palomero (born 12 March 2008) is a German tennis player.

Dedura-Palomero has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 376, achieved on 21 April 2025. ^[1]

Personal life

Dedura-Palomero was born in Berlin to a Chilean father and a Lithuanian mother. He speaks four languages: German, English, Spanish and Lithuanian. ^[2]

Career

2024

Dedura-Palomero made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut at the age of 16 as a qualifier at the Schwaben Open in Augsburg, reaching the second round. ^{[3] [4]}

2025: First ATP win at age 17, top 400

At the age of 17, Dedura-Palomero made his ATP Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser at the BMW Open in Munich, where he won against Denis Shapovalov via retirement in the first round and became the first player born in 2008 or later to win an ATP Tour match. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He lost to Zizou Bergs in the second round. ^{[4] [8]}

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2025 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon		0 / 0	0–0
US Open		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
ATP Masters 1000
Madrid Open	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	1
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–1
Year-end ranking

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2024	M25 Pula, Italy	Clay	Daniel Rincón	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

References

1. "Diego Dedura-Palomero - Overview". ATP Tour.
2. "Who is Diego Dedura-Palomero? Meet Germany's latest teenage star". 17 April 2025.
3. "Diego Dedura-Palomero writes Challenger history at 16". Tennis World USA. 23 May 2024.
4. "Munich breakout star Dedura on his tennis identity and love of 'the grind'". ATPTour. 16 April 2025.
5. "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero becomes the first player born in 2008 to win on the ATP Tour". The Washington Post. 15 April 2025.
6. "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero makes history in Munich opener". ATP Tour. 15 April 2025.
7. "Achtelfinaleinzug von Diego Dedura-Palomero" (in German). 15 April 2025.
8. "Dedura-Palomeros erster großer Auftritt endet im Achtelfinale". Sportschau.de (in German). 17 April 2025.

External links

• Diego Dedura-Palomero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Diego Dedura-Palomero at the International Tennis Federation
• Diego Dedura-Palomero at ESPN.com